astromolecule
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astromolecule (plural astromolecules)
- Any molecule that has been detected in interstellar or circumstellar space
- 2015, Ryan C. Fortenberry, Joseph A. Lukemire, “Electronic and Rovibrational Quantum Chemical Analysis of CP: The Next Interstellar Anion?”, in arXiv[1]:
- As such, CP is probably a more detectable astromolecule than even its corresponding neutral radical.